House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s political team has been furiously working the phones for 48 hours to reassure nervous donors, with advisers confidant the “vast majority” is committed to sticking with the California Republican and his colleagues.
Sources familiar with the effort say top McCarthy adviser Jeff Miller, a lobbyist, and other Republican operatives on the leader’s team have made over 200 calls to corporate political action committees and other campaign contributors worried about the direction of the Republican Party. Concerns have risen since Jan. 6, when President Trump’s supporters, incited by his call to action, stormed the U.S. Capitol to derail Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election.
